Microsoft has, up until recently, had a very simple movie editing software available for you to use: MovieMaker. It has sadly been discontinued. So off I went looking. Here is a great alternative, free, easy and packed with even more functionality.

VideoPad. It’s a bit more complex (but not much) and has a lot more functionality. I was able to ramp up and rip out some home movies with only about an extra half our of learning time. 4 stars so far.

What I want in a screen capture tool is simple. Hook to the PrintScreen hotkey, give me a selectable rectangle, and copy to clipboard. No extra windows, no extra dialogs, no nothing. I used to use Gadwin Print Screen tool, but they added features and made it worse. The tool built into windows makes you open the app first and, well, that is slow. ShareX does what I want. FAST FAST FAST!

This is another replacement for a great little Microsoft tool Windows Live Writer. Which is also discontinued. This replacement is not perfect yet, but it is pretty good (I am using it for this post) and Scott Hanselman is involved, so its gotta be good.